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One in four carriages

Ostrovsky A.N.

Phraseologism: One in four carriages.

Meaning: About boastful extravagance, tyranny.

Origin: From the comedy "Poverty is no vice" (1854) by Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (1823-1886). The words of the tyrant merchant Gordey Karpych Tortsov: "... I will arrange such a wedding that you have never seen: I will write musicians from Moscow, I will go alone in four carriages."

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Manna from heaven.

Meaning:

Something valuable, rare and necessary, received as a gift.

Origin:

From the Bible. The legendary food that God sent to the starving Jews every morning from heaven during their journey through the desert of Egypt to the "promised land" - Palestine. In the Old Testament (Exodus, 16:14-15, 31) it is said about this as follows: “The dew rose, and behold, on the surface of the desert something small, grainy, fine, like frost on the ground. And the sons of Israel saw, and said to each other: what is it? For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, This is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat." And further (verse 31): "And the house of Israel called the name of that bread: manna, it was like coriander seed, white, and tasted like a cake with honey." This expression gave rise to others: "to wait like manna from heaven" - to expect something with impatience, "to wait for manna from heaven" - to hope that the matter will be done by itself, "to eat manna from heaven" - to live from hand to mouth, by odd jobs.

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